Sen Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

**SEN Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship**:
**Cannon Park Primary School **are** looking to recruit an ambitious, nurturing, and dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant Apprentice to** support the classroom teacher with their responsibility for the development and education process by providing care and supervision to children including those who have special physical, emotional and educational needs.**:
**Duties and Responsibilities**

Under the direction and control of the classroom teacher or designated supervisor:

- Supervise and support the teaching activities of individuals or groups of children to ensure their safety and facilitate in their physical and emotional development.
- Undertake those activities necessary to meet the physical and emotional needs of individuals and groups of children, including those pupils with special educational, physical or emotional needs.
- Monitor individual pupil’s progress, achievements, problems and condition, reporting to the responsible teacher as appropriate.

**Job Responsibilities and Tasks May Include Some of the Following**:

- Assist the teacher with learning activities in the classroom, preparing or modifying work for an individual or group of pupils as directed.
- Support children with special educational needs or disabilities, and children who speak English as an additional language, as directed.
- Assist with the supervision and discipline of pupils and provide support within the procedures of the school, reporting any difficulties as appropriate.
- Promote pupil independence in learning, social and mobility skills, reinforcing the pupil’s self-esteem through praise and encouragement.
- Prepare and maintain equipment and teaching resources for lessons and activities when required.
- Ensure that pupils are able to safely use equipment and materials provided.
- Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required.
- Prepare and/or clear classroom as directed before and after lessons, including the preparation of visual aids, and the display and presentation of pupils’ work.
- Provide support to the classroom teacher by undertaking photocopying, filing and recording.
- Assist at an appropriate level and within the school’s protocols, with the provision of general care and welfare of pupils which may include:

- Assistance with the personal hygiene routines, e.g. toilet training, changing of incontinent children, dressing and undressing;
- The changing of soiled clothing and its disposal in an appropriate way;
- Offer comfort to a sick child and, where appropriately qualified, administer first aid.
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
- Support and contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.
- Assist with group activities within and away from the classroom/school, such as P.E. and educational visits.
- Assist with the implementation of programmes designed by other professionals such as educational psychologists and speech and language therapists.
- Assist the teacher in liaising with other professional staff and reporting information from/to parents/carers, contribute to meetings to discuss a specific child’s progress as appropriate
- Attend professional development activities as required.
- Any other duties and responsibilities within the range of the salary grade.

**The post holder must comply with Coventry City Council’s health and safety policy and in particular is required:

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- To take reasonable care for their own health and safety at work and of those who may be affected by their actions or by their omissions
- To cooperate with their line manager and senior management, to work safely, to comply with health and safety instructions and information and undertake appropriate health and safety training as required
- Not to intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety and welfare
- To report to their manager any health and safety concerns, hazardous condition or defect in the health and safety arrangements.

**Any further Health and Safety responsibilities relevant to this post will be set out in the offer letter and Written Statement of Particulars**

The post holder must comply with the Interagency procedures of the Safeguarding Boards and Coventry City Council’s policies for safeguarding children and safeguarding adults and in particular is required:

- To ensure they are aware of the signs that may suggest a child or vulnerable adult is being abused or neglected
- To report to their manager, or other appropriate manager, any concerns they may have that suggest that a child or vulnerable adult may be being abused or neglected immediately

**Any further Safeguarding Board responsibilities relevant to this post will be set out in the offer letter and Written Statement of Particulars**

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